persecuted
persistently harassed or oppressed, especially because of religious or political beliefs, ethnic or racial origin, gender identity, or sexual orientation: Having been raised in a frequently persecuted faith, the idea of any state religion makes me very nervous.
the simple past tense and past participle of persecute.
Origin of persecuted
1Other words from persecuted
- un·per·se·cut·ed, adjective
Words Nearby persecuted
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How to use persecuted in a sentence
Now the church consists of people who only talk about how ‘we were persecuted’—even though they never were.
Remembering the Russian Priest Who Fought the Orthodox Church | Cathy Young | December 28, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTOf gays being persecuted viciously in countries like Russia and Iran?
The basic premise that Christians should expect to suffer and be persecuted is not an invention of Rev. Sproul.
All Aboard the USS Persecution Complex | Candida Moss, Joel Baden | October 19, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTHis memory is encyclopedic--a curse for a man who feels persecuted.
Madison knew directly how colonial-era Anglicans had persecuted Baptists.
In Texas Textbooks, Moses Is a Founding Father | Edward Countryman | September 22, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST
That struck the people in wrath with an incurable wound, that brought nations under in fury, that persecuted in a cruel manner.
The Bible, Douay-Rheims Version | VariousThe prophet is persecuted: he denounces captivity to his persecutors, and bemoans himself.
The Bible, Douay-Rheims Version | VariousLet us suppose that any one who denied the old crude errors of astrology was persecuted as a heretic.
God and my Neighbour | Robert BlatchfordIn that country, about the year 1642, many poor old women were persecuted to death.
Second Edition of A Discovery Concerning Ghosts | George CruikshankThe persecuted minister obtained both a complete acquittal, and a signal revenge.
The History of England from the Accession of James II. | Thomas Babington Macaulay
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